Some of the Afghan and Iraq wars' most badly wounded are brought home on military jets retrofitted a

Описание: (25 Jul 2011) HEADLINE: Big plane provides care in the air for troops
CAPTION: Some of the Afghan and Iraq wars' most badly wounded are brought home on military jets retrofitted as airborne hospitals. The AP's Sagar Meghani got a closer look at the critical care transport mission. (July 21)
(location: Aboard a US military aircraft Apr 29 2011)
(source: AP)
(vo: medium Adam's face 15:02:00 GER SAGAR 6)
ARMY SPECIALIST ADAM CASTAGNA WAS EVACUATED TO GERMANY TWO WEEKS AFTER BEING BADLY WOUNDED BY A ROADSIDE BOMB IN AFGHANISTAN
(vo: medium Adam whispering to Mike, who shakes his head 15:09:07 GER SAGAR 6)
THE 37-YEAR-OLD WHOSE FELLOW SOLDIERS CALL "POPS" WAS IN TOUGH SHAPE WHEN HIS FAMILY FIRST SAW HIM AFTER RUSHING IN FROM NEW JERSEY.
(SOT/Michael Castagna, brother of wounded soldier 15:13:53 GER SAGAR 6
("He was on life support, he had internal bleeding, and I'll be honest with you, we weren't sure if he was gonna make it.")
(vo: medium CCATT treating Adam 15:02:58 GER SAGAR 6)
BUT CASTAGNA DID MAKE IT, ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE U.S., WITH THE HELP OF A CCATT -- A CRITICAL CARE AIR TRANSPORT TEAM
(vo: wide above 14:53:00 GER SAGAR 6)
WHOSE OFFICE IS IN THE SKY
(SOT/COL Charles Chappuis, flight physician 9:24:15 GER SAGAR 1)
("We're, from the CCATT standpoint, converting it or at least a small part of that aircraft into a flying intensive care unit")
(location: Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Apr 28 2011)
(source: AP)
(vo:medium Bagram trauma room 12:55:30 GER SAGAR 4)
THE MEDICAL EVACUATION MISSION STARTS HERE AT BAGRAM AIRFIELD IN AFGHANISTAN
(vo: tight board showing trauma priority 12:56:01 GER SAGAR 4)
WHERE THE WAR'S WOUNDED ARE BROUGHT
(vo: medium stretcher being wheeled to ER 12:53:45 GER SAGAR 4)
IN MANY CASES, INITIAL CARE ON THE BATTLEFIELD SAVED THEIR LIVES
(SOT/LTC Kathleen Flarity 12:42:39 GER SAGAR 4)
("They've done everything exactly right here, they just need to get home, closer to their family, closer to their loved ones, to do their rehab.")
STANDUP: Sagar Meghani Bagram Airfield 12:52:00 GER SAGAR
("The wounded troops who leave the hospital here at Bagram do not fly straight to the U.S. They have to be stabilized first, so military jets take them to Germany.")
(vo: NAT beeps as medical bus backs up 13:00:20 GER SAGAR 5)
IN A NIGHTTIME RAINSTORM, THE PATIENTS ARRIVE FOR THE FIRST LEG HOME
(vo: NAT "prepare to move, move" and stretcher carried up ramp)
AND ARE BROUGHT ON BOARD THE MASSIVE MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE IN A CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED PROCESSION
(NAT "just relax bud" crew talking to patient 13:06:16 GER SAGAR 5)
WHERE CCATT MEMBERS TRY TO MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE
(vo: medium over shoulder of cockpit controls 13:09:23 GER SAGAR 5)
FOR THE TRIP TO RAMSTEIN AIR BASE....
(NAT "landing checklist complete...." air crew comms 13:24:15 GER SAGAR 5
(vo: medium patient being carried onto bus 13:32:40 GER SAGAR 5)
...AND THE NEXT STEP IN THEIR CARE
(STANDUP: Sagar Meghani 13:30:10 GER SAGAR 5
("These patients are being taken just a few miles down the road from here, to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, whose trauma chief says that step alone is a vital one in recovery.")
SOT/ Dr. Raymond Fang, Landstuhl trauma director 10:11:18 GER SAGAR 2
("If you can get to here, we'll get you home from here.")
(location: Ramstein Air Base, Germany Apr 23 2011)
(source: AP)
(vo: tight green container with Red Cross symbol and "bagram" stencil 9:34:11 GER SAGAR 1)
IT'S A PROCESS THAT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR TOOK THREE WEEKS
(NAT Nave opening Velcro 9:07:33, then pan across other gear 9:04:33 GER SAGAR 1)
(source: AP)
(source: AP)

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